Save Point: Kkhulsethragaunt
Near the Great Library
Sethkill explains that we must travel to the main library across the streets of the city. A story or a dream? It seems likely that he is searching for one or either, but given his present state...
Non-Linear, Sethura, Sythkyllya
Save Point: On Movie Night
Cleos New Couch (Chew Marks by Niphur)
Tonight is movie night and so they are watching 'Overture', an underappreciated cult film that somehow nonetheless managed to attract the acting skills of Leonardo DeCaprio, despite...
Non-Linear, Sethura, Sythkyllya
Save Point: Green Like Sekhmet
In The Lower Arctic
Somewhere on the Trans-Siberian express-
"Oh, hey cats. You don't look well. In fact you look kind of - well, greenish, to be precise. Like that wall-painting of Sekhmet in the temple in...
Non-Linear, Sethura, Sythkyllya
Save Point: Sphynx Kitten
Somewhere Near Exmoor, 1983
I have acquired a kitten, a catling, a baby cat, but it turns out it is actually a sphynx. We go travelling in the deep places, in the desert, in the brightness of the sun at noon, and and...
Non-Linear, Sethura, Sythkyllya
Save Point: He Who Has Seen The Deep
The Age Of Worn Bronze
Inside the hut, Cleo is baking bread.
It's not exactly the sort of thing you'd expect of her, knowing where those claws have been, but she seems to have mastered a technique whereby she...
Non-Linear, Sethura, Sythkyllya
Save Point: In The Field Of The Cage
The Battle At Kalikshutra
Apparently it is traditional here to hold weddings in the empty field of the cage, which is a place outside of town. The cage itself is made of vastly ancient wood, that has ceased to...
Non-Linear, Sethura, Sythkyllya
Cut Scene: In The Previous Episode Of Sythkyllya
The traveller, Sethkill, has come to the South American nation-state of Azatlan in an attempt to find his missing girlfriend Keselt and determine how exactly his estranged half-brother is involved in...
Non-Linear, Sethura, Sythkyllya
"It is very important that you listen to this.
None of this is true. Every word is a lie.
Especially since all of it is real."
Opening Cut Scene: Full Motion Standstill
The Age Of Azatlan
Behold Sethkill, he who would be lord of all...
Non-Linear, Sethura, Sythkyllya
The Sythkyllya is a long-term writing project that I've been working on (and off) for the past decade or so. I've always wanted to create something for others to enjoy, but I'm no popular author and my choice of content and style probably differs too...
Non-Linear, Sethura, Sythkyllya
Cut Scene: In The Previous Episode Of Sythkyllya
Immortality is a long business, and when you live forever, the world becomes something like a game. Cleo and Terrowne play house in various corners of the earth, walking back and forth and up and...
Non-Linear, Sethura, Sythkyllya
Final Cut Scene: The End Of The Way
Aftertime
At the end of time, beyond life, beyond even death on arrival, they find themselves walking across the green places.
The slow stream meanders, as always, just as it should be. Strange and beautiful...
Non-Linear, Sethura, Sythkyllya
Final Save Point: The Escapement
Terminal Platform
Cleo is still mourning her soulblade, despite the fact that in the breaking of it she has found an even greater strength. "Do you know how long I've had this thing?" she says redundantly, holding...
Non-Linear, Sethura, Sythkyllya